Faith Notes: July 26

Yelverton Grove Original Free Will Baptist Church will hold Vacation Bible School Aug. 2-6. Hours are 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Commencement and Fun Day will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9. For more information, call Dianne Etheridge at 919-934-1838.

Vacation Bible School is scheduled from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Aug. 2-5 at Sardis Baptist Church, 5444 Brogden Road, Smithfield The church will serve supper each night.

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The Rev. Wayne Holder is the new pastor of St. James Church of Christ, 9573 N.C. 222 West, Middlesex. His installation is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at the church. Holder is the son of the late Sylvester and Ruby Holder. His father was a church bishop. Holder has been a member of St. James since childhood. He has been a Sunday School teacher, Sunday School superintendent and choir director there. A graduate of North Johnston High School, Holder retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993. He has since worked for the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, IBM, Duke University and Time Warner Cable. He and his wife, Sharon, are the leaders of a nonprofit that provides food, hygiene items and other essentials to the needy.

Yard sale

An indoor-outdoor tag sale will get under way at 6 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Progressive Men’s Club building, 1208 Old Goldsboro Road, Smithfield. The sale, a project of Green Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, will offer clothing and other items. Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be for sale.

The Second Edition Quartet will sing at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at Burnell Baptist Church, 3720 Old School Road, Four Oaks. Admission is free; the church will collect an offering for the group. For more information, call the Rev. Jessie Brock at 919-894-1418.

Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church will host a number of gospel sings this summer. Here’s the remaining schedule: July 26, the Social Security Boys; Aug. 2, Won 4 Christ; Aug. 9, The Dennis Family; and Aug. 23, Mercy’s Cross. Concerts are at 6 p.m. The church is at 4440 Piney Grove Road, five miles east of Angier. For more information, call 919-639-2481 or visit pineygrovechapel.org.

Bible study for women

A Bible study for women will begin Sept. 8 at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 1082 Amelia Church Road, Clayton. The group will meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays for 12 weeks. Child care will be available. For more information, go to http://sistersbiblestudy.wordpress.com/ call 919-934-2441 or 919-585-4515.